different between rostrate vs rostrum

English

Etymology

Latin rostratus, from rostrum (“beak”).

Adjective

rostrate (comparative more rostrate, superlative most rostrate)

1. Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
2. Furnished or adorned with beaks.

   a rostrate pillar

Synonyms

• See beaky

Derived terms

• birostrate
• erostrate
• subrostrate

References

Latin

Adjective

r?str?te

1. vocative masculine singular of r?str?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?strum (“beak, snout”), from r?d(?) (“gnaw”) + -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh?d- + *-trom. The pulpit sense is a back-formation from the name of the Roman R?stra, the platforms in the Forum where politicians made speeches. The R?stra were decorated with (and named for) the beaks (prows) of ships from naval victories.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???st??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???st??m/, /???s-/
• Hyphenation: ros?trum

Noun

rostrum (plural rostra or rostrums)

1. A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.

   Synonyms: dais, pulpit
2. A platform for a film or television camera.
3. The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.
4. (zoology) The beak.
5. (zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.
6. (zoology) The snout of a dolphin.
7. (anatomy) The oral or nasal region of a human used for anatomical location (i.e. rostral)

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• rostrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From r?d(?) (“to gnaw”) +? -trum, from Proto-Indo-European *reh?d- + *-trom. Originally a bird's beak or animal's snout, but later extended to objects with a similar shape.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ro?s.trum/, [?ro?s?t?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ros.trum/, [?r?st??um]

Noun

r?strum n (genitive r?str?); second declension

1. bill or beak of a bird
2. snout or muzzle of an animal
3. (nautical) prow of a ship
4. a stage or platform for speaking in the forum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• r?str?tus

Descendants

References

• rostrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• rostrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rostrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• rostrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• rostrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rostrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin